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'... Chart of the Cape of Good Hope ...': map, on two joined sheets, of the colony,...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1302
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This record is about the '... Chart of the Cape of Good Hope ...': map, on two joined sheets, of the colony,... dating from 1805 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MR 1/1302
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1805
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Description (What the record is about)
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'... Chart of the Cape of Good Hope ...': map, on two joined sheets, of the colony, showing its north-west boundary as the Koussie River and its south-west boundary as the Great Fish River; (the territory covered is now in Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces, South Africa). Also shows rivers, mountains, settlements, district boundaries and the distribution of native flora and fauna. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to about 13 miles. Based partly on information supplied by Captain Carmichael Smyth, Royal Engineers; [printed] by A Arrowsmith; dedicated by the printer to Carmichael Smyth.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For 2 other copies of this map, the latter on 2 separate sheets,see CO 700/CapeofGoodHope7 FO 925/4320
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/2454
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 126.5 cm x 145 cm
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- Engraved, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2477
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560329/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
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Within the series: MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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'... Chart of the Cape of Good Hope ...': map, on two joined sheets, of the colony,...
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